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Leon Steelgrave

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in The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Crime, Thriller

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Neil Gaiman Michael Moorcock Pat Mills William Gibson Ian Rankin Hunte ...more

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Leon Steelgrave is the author of the Europa City series – hardboiled science fiction that traces its genealogy back to the pulp stories of the 1930s. This dark and satirical world serves as a warning of the dangers of ecological disaster and totalitarian regimes.
Leon’s early work includes articles and reviews for music fanzines Take To The Sky and Glasperlenspiel. But it was his attempt to secure a commission for writing one of a series of Judge Dredd novels published by Virgin Books that kickstarted his fiction writing career. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the editorial feedback was sufficiently positive and encouraging for him to complete his debut novel White Vampyre. He has published a further three books in the series and is curren ...more

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Leon Steelgrave I doubt there's a one size fits all answer to this - the reasons a writer finds his or her self blocked will vary enormously. But speaking from person…moreI doubt there's a one size fits all answer to this - the reasons a writer finds his or her self blocked will vary enormously. But speaking from personal recent experience - I had a 4 year break from writing - it was not so much a lack of ideas (for ideas are always around, even if you're not using/developing them) but losing the desire, and off the back of that, the discipline to sit down and write. I made the conscious decision to set a period of time aside every day to produce some writing, the what of it wasn't as important as the actual act of putting down words. Once I got used to writing again I found myself falling back into a natural pattern. The long and short of it being don't get hung up about producing great work or your best work, simply produce work. Afterwards you can revise or delete as required.(less)

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Average rating: 4.28 · 29 ratings · 5 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Crusade: A Military Sci-Fi Thriller (The Perpetual War Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Stories About Drugs, Sex & Violence 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Pauper's Shroud by Leon Steelgrave (Goodreads Author), D.F. Robertson 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resistance: A Military Sci-Fi Thriller (The Perpetual War Book 2) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cocoa Psycho Killer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Vampyre (Europa City Book 1) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantasmagoria it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Life Owed (Europa City Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Though Your Sins Be Scarlet (Europa City Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A quick progress update — I’m pleased to announce that I have today completed the first draft of Europa City One-shot: Smack Upside The Head! This is the long overdue second instalment of what I hope will become a semi-regular series. If you view a novel as being comparable to an album, these short standalone tales (15K to 20K words) are intended as one-off singles. Creatively, these short, sharp Read more of this blog post »

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